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... Aulus Gellius , of robbery ; Porphyry , of inconti- nence ; and Aristophanes , of impiety . Aristotle , who , it is said , composed more than four hundred volumes , has not been less spared by the critics . Diogenes Laertius , Cicero ...
... Aulus Gellius , of robbery ; Porphyry , of inconti- nence ; and Aristophanes , of impiety . Aristotle , who , it is said , composed more than four hundred volumes , has not been less spared by the critics . Diogenes Laertius , Cicero ...
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... Aulus Gellius , and the Deipnosophists of Athenæus , while they have . been extolled by one party , have been degraded by another . They have been considered as botchers of rags and remnants ; their diligence has not been accompanied by ...
... Aulus Gellius , and the Deipnosophists of Athenæus , while they have . been extolled by one party , have been degraded by another . They have been considered as botchers of rags and remnants ; their diligence has not been accompanied by ...
Page 471
... Aulus Gellius cites a work of Theophrastus , which recommends music as a specific for the bite of a viper . Boyle and Shak- speare mention the effects of music super vesicam . Athanasius Kircher's Musurgia , and Swinburne's Travels ...
... Aulus Gellius cites a work of Theophrastus , which recommends music as a specific for the bite of a viper . Boyle and Shak- speare mention the effects of music super vesicam . Athanasius Kircher's Musurgia , and Swinburne's Travels ...
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... Aulus Gellius , were so called , because they were written in Attica . Mr. Tooke in his grammatical " Diversions of Purley , " must have deceived many . A rhodomontade title - page , was a great favorite in the last century . There was ...
... Aulus Gellius , were so called , because they were written in Attica . Mr. Tooke in his grammatical " Diversions of Purley , " must have deceived many . A rhodomontade title - page , was a great favorite in the last century . There was ...
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